Kozhdan Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Kozhdan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kozhdan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan121:1,473,54175,349
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664

Kozhdan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kozhdan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kozhdan (Russian: Кождан) is more frequently found in Kazakhstan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kozhdan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Kozhdan live; 63 percent live in Central Asia and 63 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

The last name Kozhdan is most common in Kazakhstan, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,473,541. In Kazakhstan it is primarily concentrated in: Astana, where 83 percent are found and South Kazakhstan Region, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Kazakhstan this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 21 percent are found and Belarus, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kazhdan86331/
Kazdan77446/
Kuzdan77137/
Kozdon7781/
Kocdan7716/
Kosdan7714/
Kozdań771/
Koçdan771/
Kojdan771/
Kezdan771/
Khasdan7156/
Kazdane7117/
Kazhdanova718/
Kazsdan718/
Kazjdan713/
Kazhdam713/
Kachdan712/
Kahzdan712/
Khazdan711/
Kosdhan711/

Kozhdan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kozhdan in the Russian language
Кожданkozdan-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kozhdan
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